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		<title>al-Qaeda: poor, diminished, dissipated non-enemy (so why is the US still in Afghanistan?)</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/al-qaeda-poor-diminished-dissipated-non-enemy-so-why-is-the-us-still-in-afghanistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Upon assessing the remaining terrorist threat from Afghanistan, the US president’s national security adviser former Marine Gen. James Jones said, “The al-Qaida presence is very diminished. The maximum estimate is less than 100 operating in the country, no bases, no ability to launch attacks on either us or our allies.” If the US were to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crushing the Mehsuds of South Waziristan: the other (and fiercest) Taliban</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/crushing-the-mehsuds-of-south-waziristan-the-other-and-fiercest-taliban/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News + Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baitullah Mehsud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bomb explosions in Pakistan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan’s anti-insurgency offensives]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=25780</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Mehsud tribes are some of the fiercest militant fighters and Islamist gangs in Pakistan’s North-West Frontier Province (NWFP). The Pakistani army has vowed to attack the lairs of the Mehsud militants and crush them. At the behest of the United States and the West who have held Pakistan primarily responsible in solving its insurgency [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan: Fate is Sealed</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/pakistan-fate-is-sealed/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/pakistan-fate-is-sealed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News + Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Al Qaeda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anti-insurgency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anti-terror]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kerry-Lugar bill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[militants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[military aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[non-military aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[north waziristan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan tribal areas on the border with Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Waziristan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taliban]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[War on Terror]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zardari]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=24395</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pakistan has sealed its fate, to the tune of millions of dollars. It finally got what it wanted, or what it said it needed. Zardari just has to deliver now. Pakistan’s proxy mission for the West: to take on the Taliban and al-Qaeda inside Pakistan in a struggle in which there are no guarantees of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baitullah Mehsud‘s death: not crucial to counterinsurgency</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/baitullah-mehsud%e2%80%98s-death-not-crucial-to-counterinsurgency/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/baitullah-mehsud%e2%80%98s-death-not-crucial-to-counterinsurgency/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Taliban Shura]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tribal agencies]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=21832</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Baitullah Mehsud, the leader of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) which is dubbed as the Pakistani Taliban group, has reportedly been killed. His death, however, is not fundamentally crucial to the counterinsurgency campaign in the region. For starters, other deputies and heirs apparent are waiting in the wings. Such is always the case with syndicated armed groups. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. and Afghanistan launch a major offensive against the Taliban</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/u-s-and-afghanistan-launch-a-major-offensive-against-the-taliban/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/u-s-and-afghanistan-launch-a-major-offensive-against-the-taliban/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News + Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghan elections]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Helmand]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[southern Afghanistan]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=17753</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[More than 4,000 US marines and 650 Afghan soldiers have launched a major offensive against Taliban strongholds in the southern province of Helmand, according to military sources. The Afghan and US troops descended on the region in helicopters and armored vehicles. NATO planes add strategic support. ‘Operation Khanjar’ (Sword Strike) is the first and most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nigerian oil: chaos over black gold</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/nigerian-oil-chaos-over-black-gold/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/nigerian-oil-chaos-over-black-gold/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Critic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Society &amp; Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[black gold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chaos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crude oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental destruction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insurgents]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=17670</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The considerations have now become political. Today, the production is safer in the deep offshore. The ‘new frontier’ of Nigeria&#8217;s oil which is near the coast or in the Delta is a veritable war zone for oil where militants declared war against major oil players and foreign authorities. Several facilities of major oil companies have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biggest drug bust in Afghanistan by US troops</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/biggest-drug-bust-in-afghanistan-by-us-troops/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/biggest-drug-bust-in-afghanistan-by-us-troops/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News + Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghan drug trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghan poppy farmers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civilian deaths]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[drug trafficking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heroin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heroin trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insurgents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marjah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[militants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[narcotics hub]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=15513</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[US and Afghan troops recently destroyed a stronghold of the drug trade in southern Afghanistan. The offensive launched in the city of Marjah was a vast military operation to gain control of a stronghold of Taliban insurgents that is also used as a hub for storage and processing of drugs. “The four-day operation has seriously [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistani terror suspects enrolled in UK sham colleges</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/pakistani-terror-suspects-enrolled-in-uk-sham-colleges/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/pakistani-terror-suspects-enrolled-in-uk-sham-colleges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 12:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News + Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Al Qaeda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bogus degrees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fake diplomas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fraud ring]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=15208</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of these fraudulent schools had 3 small classrooms and 3 teachers. The total admissions on ‘record’ was 1,797 students. Another sham college officially had 150 students but secretly admitted 1,178 enrollees with upcoming 1,575 more overseas applicants of which 906 are from Pakistan. The scam took advantage of a loophole in Britain’s immigration policies. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four British Soldiers and Nearly Hundred Civilians Killed in Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/four-british-soldiers-and-nearly-hundred-civilians-killed-in-afghanistan/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/four-british-soldiers-and-nearly-hundred-civilians-killed-in-afghanistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 20:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariza</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[air strikes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[militants]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=14248</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It was a black day for NATO-led forces in Afghanistan. Four British soldiers were killed on a single day. The troops were attacked at different places. The stand-off between militants and NATO forces is going from bad to worse. The conflicts are escalating and casualties are going up on both the sides. It is feared [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Picturesque Swat Valley turns into Taliban’s hell-hole</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/picturesque-swat-valley-turns-into-taliban%e2%80%99s-hell-hole/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/picturesque-swat-valley-turns-into-taliban%e2%80%99s-hell-hole/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariza</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News + Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bombings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ceasefire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journalists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[killings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[militants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan troops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religious law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swat Valley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taliban]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=8743</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Peace has eluded beautiful Swat valley for past two years. The once buzzing tourist spot became bloodied after two years of constant fighting between Taliban militants and Pakistani troops. Taliban even bombed the famous mountainous international resort at the valley to stamp out all “un-Islamic activities”. Finally rebels have agreed to ceasefire. But under hardliner [...]]]></description>
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